Wednesday, December 12, 2012

David Finell reviews Harold Ross

More
dramatic lighting. I love this
stuff. Harold Ross is an award winning
fine art photographer. He was born in Ft
Riley Kansas in 1956 and was an Army brat who’s dad worked with computers in
the Army. His family ultimately moved to
Maryland where he attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated
with a BFA in 1978. He won ASMP’s “Best
of Show” in 1996.

While it is easy to regurgitate
facts about an artist, Harold deserves far more. His artful command of lighting brings forth a
dramatic element that seizes the viewers attention and commands them to inspect
every detail of the image. Some of his
images are just creatively lit objects that would work equally well as product
shots for companies. Others on the other
hand evoke feelings of mystery and wonder through the glowing lights skillfully
used in the illumination of the scene.

Harold is consistently recognized
for the light painting techniques he so skillfully uses to highlight the
subject matter he captures thru his lens.
I like how his technique is described as sculpting with light. If you consider sculpting with light a
possibility, then Harold Ross is a contemporary Michael Angelo. It took a long time for photography to be
considered an art form. Today some purists
still have issues with this concept. But
if you consider art as something to be enjoyed through the senses, than the
photos of Harold Ross definitely qualify.
I really enjoy his images and I hope that you do as well.